Savings-bank.



G. FISHER.

SAVINGS BANK.

y AYPLIUATION FILED MAR. 27. 1012. lfll?. Patented sept. 23, 1913;

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SAVINGS BANK.

APPLIUATION ULEB 111111.27, 11112y 1,073,847. l Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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CHARLES FISI-IER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 THE AUTOMATICRECORDING OOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

Specification of Letters,Patent.`

Paten ted Sept. 23, 1913.

Application tiled Ma1cl127,1912. Serial No. 686,61*).

lie it known that l', Cuantas Fisiniu, a citizen o'l. the United States,residing at Chicago, in the. county ol. Cook and State ot lllinois, haveinvented a new and uset'ul Improvement in Savinfslfanks, ot which thefollowing,1 a speeihcation.

This invention relates particularly to sav ings banks, which areprovided with several coin compartments adapted to keep the coins ofdilterent denou'linations sepirrate. from cach other to :tacilitatethecounting oi the coins when the savings baul: is taken to -a bankinginstitution tor the purpose ol eltectmg a deposit of the savings.

The primary object is to provide a sawY ings bank ot the characterindicated which is of' 'nnproved general eonstruetnm, en-

abling' the device to be mami'factured very cheaply and improving theoperation.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment' in theaccompanying drawings, in which- .l. `igure l represents a verticallongitudi-- nal section of a savings bank constructed in 'accordancewith my improvements; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view of th()casing, taken as ,indicated at line 2, of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan view ofthe interior body or core7 which is provided 'with a series et coin courpartments and a bill compartment; liig. ll, a transverse verticalsection takenv as indicated at line t oit Fig. l; Fig. 5, an endelevational View olf' the core or body shown in liig.- 3; liignf, atopplan view of the loci:-

lasirrgg, this view showing,r the keysbarrel in section, and thebolts inthe lock-easing, and showing, also, by dotted lines the U-shapcd spring,employed in connection with the bolts.; llig'. 7, a plan View ol" thetillct, or spacing-plate, 'which is adapted to fit in the loclrcaseshown in Fig. 6j Fig. 8, a side elevational View of the lock-case: Fie'.i), a broken sectional view similar to Fig. l, but showing,r one of thecoin slotguards swung inwardly,v as occurs in the operation otinsorting' a coin; Fig. l0, a perspective view ol a slot-guard employed;and Fig. '11, a broken perspective view ot one ol the springr arms otthe guard-carrying plate employed.

In the construction illustrated, A repre-- seats a core or body in whichthe coin rcceptacles are formed; and B, a casing which "receives thebody A and is preferably `cured thereto by the improved locking'preferably formed ol sheet; metal, thus al- 'lording the coin chambers3. 'lhe semitubular members Q are open at: their outer portions, asindicated at fl, so that the coins may be removed 'from the chambers bya vertical movement. The members 2 comprise individual stainliiugs, andhave their lower ends efpiipped with clcnchingrllugs 5 which extendthrough perfor-ations i3 in the base member .1. The peripheral portiono'tl the'base member l is turned down to alford a flange 7; and the lugs5 are clenched beneath the plate l. A finishing base-plate S is-tittcdwithin the do\\\nturncd llange 7. The members 2 are so grouped as toafl'ord between them a bill chamber l), access to which is had through abill-opening` l() cxtending centrally through-the plates l and S. 'llieplate is further secured by a terrule or eyeletI 11 which has at itslower end a .flange which bears beneath the plate S and which has itsupper end spun or struck out- 'ardly over the upper surlaee ot the platel, as indicated at l2.

'lhe members Q are so disposed that their cylimlrical surfaces will hearagainst each other at points 13; and the iutermediately located members2 have mutually bracing curved flanges lft flanking the openings orslots fl. Thus, the sheet metal member.c 2 which form thecoin-receptac'les brace each olhe and have clenching'lugs secured to thebase plate 1,so that in this mannerit ,is 'feasible to construct fromsheet metal a rigid, well-braced core. The semi-tuhular mem`- hers 2 arecut away as indicated at '15, at points correspondinel with the coinslots of the casing, te admit the coins to the coin chambers, which areopen at their upper ends. The members 2 which Yform the end coinchambers are provided at their upper ends with extensions Q which haveslots therethrough, as shown in Fin'. l, to receive the bolts of thelock.

rlhe casing l comprises a top member lti and a peripheral wall 17del'iendiug' there! trom. The core A lits snuglvwithin the easing toing, the peripheral, or vertical, Wall 17 servbers. The peripheralWallof the casing is provided in its upper portion with coin-slots 18,which register with the cut-away parts of the tubular members 2 whichform theV coin chambers.

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20 and 2l are located close to the peripheral Wall 17 of the casinggandeach resilient arm has its end 'portion provided with a slot or notch 23adapted to accommodate the arm 24 of the swinging slot-guard 22. Theshank of the arm 24 is bent at its upper end and.

equipped with ahead 25, thus aii'ording lugs or pivot portions adaptedto rest upon the upper surface of the resilient arm 2O or 21,

as the case may be, when the armor shank' 24 of the guard is entered inthe slot 23.l lt

will be noted from Fig. 1 that the head 25 of the guard is confinedbetween the outer end of the 'spring arm 21 and the ltop Wall 16v of thecasing, while the arm 24 of the slotguard bears against the .verticalWall of the casing, the lower end of the arm 24 guarding the coin-slot1S. It Will be noted also that the head 25 formsan obtuse angle with thearm 24, so that the spring arm is bent downwardly, lor placed undertension.

'When a coin is inserted through the slot 1S, theguard swings inu'ardlyt'o the position'shown in Fig, 9, in which operation the spring arm isplaced under still greater flexure. The inward swing ot the arm 24 islimited by the shoulder 26 at the base of the slot 23. and thecasing-wall, as is evidentfrom Fig. 9. Thus, it is impossible todislodge the slot-guard; and it is evident that after the' coin ispassed through the slot the guard' will resume its normal verticalposition, so that coins, once inserted, cannot be removed through thecoin slots.

The lock C (not claimed herein) comprises a lock-case 27; bolts 2S; a`fillet 29;

bolt-actuating spring 30; and .a key-barrel 31; The lock-case ispreferablyiformed from sheet metal. It comprises a bottom Wall 32;11p-turned side-anges 33; up-turned`endflanges 34; and outwardextensions 35 carried by the upperportions ofthe end lianges 34 andhaving down-turned members 36 separated by spaces 37 from the )nd Walls34, thus affording room for the lextensions or locking members 2 withwhich the core of body A is provided. The end Walls 34 of the `lock-caseare provided With .slots Y through Which the reduced outer ends of thebolts`28extend, as is evident from Figs. 1

and 8.

The bolts 28 compriselat bars -or plates close the openings 4 of thecoin chamnovae-i7 suitably recessed at points 38 to accommodate the key.These bolts rest upon the bottom Wall of the lock-case, asappears from1n4 Figs. 1 and 6. The up-turned side lflanges 33 of the lock-.case areequipped'cent-rally at their upper edges with out-turned lugs 39provided With slots 40.

`The fillet 29 is locatedinv the lock-case above the bolts' 28'. .ItisYA provided with 'a central opening 41 to accommodate the keybarrel.It is also provided With slots Aor openings 42 p extremities 43 ,withwhich the arms. of the U-shaped spring 30 are provided.. lTheseextremities enter perforations with which in which work the down-turned'the bolts 28 are provided. The fillet 29 is y.

provided on its upper surface With recesses 44 to accommodate the armsof the spring 30; and the corresponding' sidev lange 33 of .thelock-case is provided with' recesses 45- 'through which the arms of thespring eX- tend. y

The lock-case,pwith the bolts, llet and spring assembled, are disposedbeneath the -f member` 19, theupper surface of the fillet 29 contactingwith the lower. surface "ofthe ,member 19. The leek-case is secured tothe top Wall 16 of the casing by means of clenching lugs 46 formedintegrally With the top Wall 16, extended through the slots 40 of thelugs 39. of the lock-case, and clenched beneath the lugs member 19 andthelock are securely fastened to the top Wall ofthe casing. A iinishedappearance may bev given to the top wall of the casing by applying afinishplate 47 to the upper surface. This'plate may serve as aname-plate, it desired, and is 'preferably secured by rivets 48 Whichpass through the plate 47, the top Wall 16 of the 39. Thus, theguard-carrying Y casing, and the end arms 21 of the guardcarrying plate19, In a savings bank of oval shape, it is desirable to secure the arms21 by rivets as shown, so that the free or resilient portions of thearms will not be of too great length, and hence too weak.

The manner of using the improved safe '4 will be readily understood. Thecore may be inserted in the casing and locked thereto, a key beingempl'yed to retract the locking' b'olts against thei'orce of theirspring,..aiter which the -Jolt's Will enter the recesses in the lockingmembers 2a when the bolts are released rom the action of the key. Coinsmaybe deposited in the coin chambers by inserting them through thecoin-slots 18,

Wbfencefthey fall, in superposed relation,

into the coin-chambers. ln the operation of inserting a coin, theslot-guard 22 is turned to' the position shown in Fig. 9; and after thecoin has beenentered, the slot-guard returns to the normal positionshown in Fig. 1.

From the description given, it is evident that I have provided anexceedingly simple,

iluai :intl ilui'alilc cunstruietun, which is uiu'ei'tlulwsptfi'l'tectily :ulaptttl to it/spun poso.

Thu t'ui'tguing ilitnilfwl ltHt-iiptitin has linnn given lfn' ultai'iwsFul`V uml0i'5tainl-ingg ,nly, anfl nu uuiluo liuiualinnsI nhoulil hi,unilti'stuuil thtunl'imri, hut thtanpnniltfil i-iainis ,--;h inlil hacunffitiuoil as hruailly as ptu'niissililr; in View of thv prim.' ai't.

Vi'liaf i itgguirl as new, aniil dosimtfi sv curo by Yllcttii's Patontis- It. V.ln a savings haul(7 theA crnnhination with a casing: hawinQ; aptu'iplui'al Vall pruvieltal wiih a iiiin-zulinisniun Slut, ifi' a1'(Siliunt stutf'guaiil lnflilii, auf'l a slot-guard ral'- I'ietltlim'ciiy unil havingF a pivnt-pui'tinn adlaplml tri tii'tlutvluxingthm-ml when tlny slut-guard is .@swung' ahfuit its` pivni.

in a saving@ bank, the r'uinliinaliun with a Casing having a pciiplieialwall im vittni'l with a (ruin-ailnlission Slut. nl" a i'isilimit :ii'inhaving' its mit pifuviiliil with a Sinti, and a slut-guanti havingr auat'ni tixtunil" ing?r tln'cuigh naiil sta-,mnl-uanwil slot, anil having' a hcail ilinpriscfl above saii'l iisilicnt- /-t-. In a mt,l'uinle, thu combination with a casing' having` n tup wall anfl having,rulm a ilioi'iplm'nl wall pi'nviiliil with a, cuiuzulniisiiou :slutl n'lia iieilicnt :Uini tlipuscil hvuvath saiil tui wall anti having its u\'-ti'niuitiY in'miiloii with a slut. null a :slotv guiu'il nxt'iunling5tlu-uuggh slaiil lastnanml nlu :intl having a lwail (funinml hnwutnsuiil tup wall and. naiil itsilinnt; arm.

